L'Isle-d'Abeau (; Arpitan: ''L'Ila-d'Âbél'') is a commune in the
Isère
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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region
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in Southeastern
France
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Lyon
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. It is part of the
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new town
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of L'Isle-d'Abeau was developed from 1970 to canalise the demographic growth of the Lyon agglomeration. It is organised in a New Agglomeration Union, together with the neighbouring communes of Four, Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, Vaulx-Milieu and Villefontaine. Since 1 January 2007, the Union became the
Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère
Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère is an intercommunal structure, centred on the cities of L'Isle-d'Abeau and Bourgoin-Jallieu. It is located in the Isère department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, eastern France
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, with over 106,000 inhabitants in 22 communes.
The commune has eight primary schools (one is private), three middle schools, one high school, in addition to two IUT facilities dedicated to informatic and multimedia jobs. It is served by the A43 autoroute and L'Isle-d'Abeau station on the line from Lyon-Perrache station to Marseille-Saint-Charles station via
Grenoble
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, operated by the
SNCF
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Alicante
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,
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